A Tale of Love and Rivalry in a Victorian Courtship
A narrator recalls a life shaped by an intense romance with Arthur Grey, Ivy, and the narrator's sister Nellie. After years of hope and duty, love clashes with loyalty when Ivy and Arthur pursue each other. Nellie endures heartbreak, choosing selfless sacrifice to preserve her sister's happiness, then faces an uncertain future.
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Androne
Sundin
Paris
Shea
Lin
Dil
Gus
Yin
Nellie
Ivy
Arthur Grey
Aix Mootha
WiLerigon aeMgies
Ed Lipo
Arthur Cending
Westill
Golden Head
Arthas
Annike
Arthur
Clapham Road
London
Kensington Park
Arthur Gray
Alrigt
Heravlf
Soli
Artie
Talbourne
Miss Lester
Simday
Tambelb Paler
Promisat
Lesters
Sid
Ulic
Bree
Lester
Slater
Tam Crnel
Neliie
City population myth and a domestic saga of debt
A lengthy essay contrasts city sizes with population data, then shifts to a domestic tale of Mack Holt and Paulina Merrit. They marry, buy a house, face rising costs, a temptress blue book for groceries, mounting debt, and eventual mortgage foreclose threat. They endure hardship, learn thrift, and finally lift the mortgage, with lessons on debt and self reliance. Also included is a Civil War secret service note about Timothy Webster, Rose Greenhow, and Pinkerton authorities.
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Smith
Sapnaeg
Paulina
Lis
Blue Siren
Mack
Maxman
Waxman & Co
Guodcha
Ishouwaly
Loxe
Crisiis
Reaone
Lad Bate
Secret Service
Timothy Webster
Allan (Pinkerton
Secret Service Department
My of the Potomac
McClellan
Webster
Washington
Mra
Rose O'Neil Greenhow
Jeff Davis
Richmond
Greenhow
Allan
Me Lincoln
Harriabure
Baltimore
Chicago
A Young Dakota Bride in Plain Pink Calico Robe
A Boston Traveller letter describes a Dakota Indian wedding witnessed at a large tent with feather trim and a wildcat skin. A fifteen year old half breed bride wore a pink calico robe over a blue dress, while the chief conducted the ceremony, drum beating, ritual medicine, and a feast before the dance begins.
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Dakota
Boston
Clairvoyant Senator’s Wager Wins Odd Pinch Bet
A U S senator, once fond of risk, recounted to a Washington critic a wartime tale of walking into a gambling house and betting ten to one on the second card. He claims the top card showed the jack of clubs before the deal and that the lower card proved his guess correct, an event he says is an absolute, never-repeated fact.
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United States
Shitngo Herald
Chance
Washington
Hera
Alice
A Daughter of Barna From the Tall Mall Gazette
Dying at Moffat on the eighteenth of last month Helen Armstrong aged about 97 or 98 is described as a legitimate daughter of poet Burns through her mother Nelly Hirsley. The article notes Burns’s past admiration for Nelly and Helen’s resemblances in appearance and wit, linking her to Burns with local familiarity and a long life serving in one household.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Leader
Roxy
Liz
Barna
Tall Mall
Moffat
Brena
Helen Armstrong
Aue
Burns
Nelly Hirsley
Helen
Testown
Buccleuch Arma Fan
Thornhill
Glandriving
Resolute Woman Blocks Princeton College Expansion
A New York Graphic report describes Princeton under Dr McCosh as a booming center with $3,000,000 in endowments, while a determined old maid obstructs a key college site. Her will bars sale for three lives, challenging the college’s plans for a new memorial hall and increased student housing amid tensions over dining and boarding.
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New York Graphic
Thorn
Princeton
N.J
McCosh
Aucress
Trenton
Thia
McSosh
Indy
Colege
Wdy
Petrifying Bodies and the Dream of Eternal Preservation
An undertaker and embalmer predicts future discovery of perfect long term preservation of human bodies through petrifaction. He cites the Preller case in St Louis exhumation, argues embalming already preserves form, and urges chemists to pursue petrification to outdo ancient Egyptians. He compares bones of mastodons to mankind and envisions timeless portraits of the living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mail
Express
Preller
Maxwell
St. Louis
Manners Next to Morals in Harper's Bacar Essay
The piece argues manners follow morals as essential for reformers and social harmony. It cites Felix Holt and Miss Edgeworth and notes how virtue can be compromised by stiff self-righteousness. Historical lexis and quotes illustrate the link between conduct and character.
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Manners
Morals
Faw
Higginson
Harper's Bacar
Felix Holt
George Eliot
Miss Edgeworth
Helen
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Padua
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Leipsic
Providence Daly Company
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Paulina Merrit
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Aind
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Piison
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